 LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by parliament on Wednesday about his decision to employ a former tabloid newspaper editor caught up in a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a tiger-like swipe at a protester, Wendi Deng became an unlikely hero in defense of her octogenarian husband Rupert Murdoch. | |
| Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phones hacked Tue,19 Jul 2011 11:13 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban denied on Wednesday their supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died, saying false messages claiming his death had been sent to media after their mobile phones, email accounts and a website had been hacked into. Full Story | |
| China, ASEAN set "guidelines" on sea row, but no deal expected Tue,19 Jul 2011 11:07 PM PDT Reuters -  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - China and Southeast Asian countries agreed Wednesday to a preliminary set of guidelines in the South China Sea dispute, the Chinese side said, a rare sign of cooperation in a row that has plagued relations in the region for years. | |
| Militants storm Kandahar police station, kill commander Tue,19 Jul 2011 10:46 PM PDT Reuters - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants stormed a police station in Afghanistan's volatile southern Kandahar city on Wednesday killing the commander of the station and sparking an ongoing gun battle, Kandahar officials said. Full Story | |
| China raises death toll to 18 in Xinjiang Tue,19 Jul 2011 09:24 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday raised the death toll to 18 from a clash at a police station in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, saying that 14 "rioters" died along with two policemen and two hostages in the worst violence there in a year. Full Story | |
| Strong quake hits Central Asia, buildings damaged Tue,19 Jul 2011 09:07 PM PDT Reuters - OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake hit Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley early on Wednesday, shaking homes and sending residents of several Uzbek and Kyrgyz cities onto the streets in panic, residents said. Full Story | |
| Police seize "Cash Cab" in probe of fatal accident Tue,19 Jul 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - VANCOUVER, B.C. (Reuters) - Investigators have seized the taxi from the Canadian edition of the TV show "Cash Cab" to see if it had any mechanical defect that may have contributed to a fatal accident involving the vehicle, police said on Tuesday. Full Story | |
 AMMAN, July 19 (Reuters) - Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in attacks in the city of Homs on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests. | |
| Lawyer for Strauss-Kahn's French accuser meets D.A. Tue,19 Jul 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for two women who accuse former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rapes in France and America met New York prosecutors on Tuesday, although it was not clear what they discussed. Full Story | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch, unfazed by a foam pie attack in the British parliament, made a "humble" apology on Tuesday for crimes that have rocked his media empire and the government but refused to resign, saying the fault lay with staff who "betrayed" him. | |
| Strong earthquake hits Central Asia: USGS Tue,19 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - ALMATY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley early on Wednesday, shaking buildings in the region and sending residents of at least one Uzbek city onto the streets, local residents said. Full Story | |
| On stage, Murdoch plays up humility, regret Tue,19 Jul 2011 02:39 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch called it the most humble day of his life, and he can rarely have looked as ill at ease as he did during Tuesday's parliamentary hearing into the phone hacking scandal that has shaken his media empire. Full Story | |
 MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday. | |
| Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Uzbekistan: USGS Tue,19 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. Full Story | |
 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Once largely spectators to the deaths of hitmen, police and innocent bystanders, children are increasingly in the firing line of Mexico's drug war. | |
 PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential contender Francois Hollande will be questioned by police investigating a writer's accusations that ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her, legal sources said on Tuesday. | |
| Italy's Berlusconi probed on talk show allegations Tue,19 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated by magistrates over allegations of pressuring state broadcaster RAI to suppress a program critical of the government, judicial sources said on Tuesday. Full Story | |
| France's Hollande to be questioned over Banon case Tue,19 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential contender Francois Hollande will be questioned by police investigating a writer's accusations that ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her, legal sources said on Tuesday. Full Story | |
| Afghan transition town expects more Taliban attacks Tue,19 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT Reuters - LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents will carry out more attacks to try to disrupt a security handover in Afghanistan, the governor of Helmand province said on Tuesday, a day before the capital of his own province is due to transfer to Afghan control. Full Story | |
 SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's mainstream opposition coalition said on Tuesday it would set up a "National Council for the Forces of the Revolution" to lead efforts to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh and end months of violence. | |
| Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound yacht Tue,19 Jul 2011 10:26 AM PDT Reuters - ASHDOD, Israel (Reuters) - The Israeli navy seized a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists heading for the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday and forced it to go to Israel's Ashdod port. Full Story | |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has put off plans to swear in a new cabinet until Prime Minister Essam Sharaf recovers from a drop in blood pressure and returns to work, cabinet sources told Reuters on Tuesday. | |
 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Tuesday appointed its first woman and youngest foreign minister within weeks of important talks with India. | |
| Blasts hit Tunisia gas pipeline, still working Tue,19 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - A pipeline that delivers gas from Algeria to Italy via Tunisia was hit by two explosions in northern Tunisia Monday but is still functioning, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said Tuesday. Full Story | |
 GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia, aid officials said Tuesday, signaling to donors the need for more aid and to insurgents that the population's suffering is taken seriously. | |
| Greece jails six "Fire Cells" guerrillas for bombings Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Six Greeks were sentenced to prison Tuesday for belonging to a guerrilla group which has claimed a spate of bomb attacks across the country since 2009, court officials said. Full Story | |
| Russia's Medvedev says compromise possible in Libya Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:18 AM PDT Reuters - HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that compromise was possible between Libya's rebels and government, adding that supporting one side in the conflict was "exceptionally bad" for Libya. Full Story | |
| Iran says installing new nuclear centrifuges Tue,19 Jul 2011 08:03 AM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is installing new centrifuges to enrich uranium as part of its efforts to speed up its nuclear program, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in an announcement likely to alarm Western powers. Full Story | |
| Tunisia gas pipe hit by blast but still working Tue,19 Jul 2011 07:50 AM PDT Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - A pipeline that delivers gas from Algeria to Italy via Tunisia was hit by an explosion in northern Tunisia on Monday but is still functioning, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Full Story | |
| Corruption, illiteracy hold back Afghan police Tue,19 Jul 2011 07:42 AM PDT Reuters - LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - When NATO forces in Afghanistan caught an opium producer with 15 kgs (33 lbs) of drugs, they might have expected his family to plead for his freedom. Instead, an Afghan police officer appealed to foreign troops to release him. Full Story | |
| NATO hits Gaddafi convoys near oil town: rebel Tue,19 Jul 2011 07:40 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - NATO helicopters Tuesday attacked military convoys as they tried to re-supply Muammar Gaddafi's forces fighting over the eastern Libyan town of Brega, a rebel spokesman said. Full Story | |
 KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, on Tuesday amid heightened tension between the neighbors and as some Afghan lawmakers raised fears that Pakistan's spy agency was behind recent assassinations. | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - A former journalist who told the New York Times that phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World was more extensive than the paper had acknowledged at the time, has been found dead, media reported on Monday. | |
| Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence Tue,19 Jul 2011 07:08 AM PDT Reuters -  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan's south Tuesday where Afghan forces are readying to assume security responsibility within hours, another worrying sign as insurgents seek to disrupt a gradual transition process. | |
| Factbox: Latest developments in Libyan conflict Tue,19 Jul 2011 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis. Full Story | |
| Guinean president escapes assassination bid at home Tue,19 Jul 2011 05:43 AM PDT Reuters - CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinean President Alpha Conde escaped a sustained rocket and gunfire attack on his residence on Tuesday that killed one person and left his home riddled with bullet holes. Full Story | |
| Timeline: Phone hacking scandal hits News Corp Tue,19 Jul 2011 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of events in the phone-hacking scandal since it emerged on July 4 that murdered schoolgirl, Milly Dowler's, phone was hacked. Full Story | |
| China blames terrorists for attack in Xinjiang Tue,19 Jul 2011 05:19 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - A clash at a police station that left at least four people dead in western China's restive Xinjiang region was "a terrorist attack," a government official said on Tuesday, but an exile Uighur group accused police of firing on peaceful protesters. Full Story | |
| Explosions rock Bulgaria opposition parties' offices Tue,19 Jul 2011 05:16 AM PDT Reuters - SOFIA (Reuters) - Small explosions rocked the offices of two right-wing opposition parties in central Sofia early on Tuesday, causing only minor damage, police said. Full Story |
